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Farm and Rural Homestead

Date: 1890
Description: Bucolic scene in Wisconsin illustrates agricultural prosperity after the depression.
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Two Women with Cleaning Implements

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Description: Two women are standing on the small porch outside an open kitchen door, near implements used for daily household tasks such as washing, scrubbing, sweeping...
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Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view of York Iron works. Large group of men posing in yard. The boardinghouse is on a hill in the far background. Early iron was mined at Mayville...
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Betsy Thunder

Date: 02 06 1913
Description: Betsy Thunder, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) medicine woman, posing in front of a painted backdrop near a prop stone wall.
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Mrs. Charles Van Schaick on Horseback

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Description: Mrs. Charles Van Schaick, posing on horseback, is riding past the livery stable. It was unusual for women at this time to ride horseback.
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Jen Parsons Kelly on Sidewalk

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Description: A woman posing standing on a board sidewalk in front of a wooden building, possibly on the east side of South First Street.
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High School Graduation in Opera House

Date: 1897
Description: Two young men and ten young women in white dresses sitting in a semi circle on the stage of the Black River Falls Opera House. The stage is decorated with ...
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Group in front of Building

Date: 1898
Description: Old, bearded man and younger woman sitting in front of the corner of a wood outbuilding surrounded by four young children. A young boy is standing at his m...
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Barn Raising

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of a large group of workers, along with women, children, and dogs, posing on the frame of the barn they are building.
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Family in front of Hans Kjorstad Residence

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Description: View of group posing on the lawn in front of a two-story frame house. Four men in the background on the left are standing near two teams of horses; three m...
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Intersection of First and Main Streets

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Description: Elevated view of woman walking along side street of town. In the background are horses and carriages.
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Billboards on Water Street

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Description: Billboards with advertising for the "Georgia Up-To-Date Minstrels" at the Opera House on Saturday, April 7. Bridge visible to the left. The J.J. McGillivra...
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Woman Riding Sidesaddle

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Description: Woman riding sidesaddle through town. Storefront on the northwest corner of Main and First Streets is P.L. Moe & Company Hardware.
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Woman Riding Sidesaddle

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Description: Woman riding sidesaddle through town. Storefront on the northeast corner of Main and First Streets as the Palace Bakery and American Express Office.
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Man and Woman on Horseback

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Description: Outdoor view towards a woman and man posing on horseback. The woman is riding sidesaddle. Storefronts identified on Main Street, from left to right, as J.A...
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Woman on Hoseback

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Description: Woman posing sidesaddle on a horse.
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Woman with Horse on First Street

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Description: Woman standing and holding saddle horse by reins on street in front of Jackson County Bank on First Street, possibly Edna Bright. P.L. Moe and Co. Hardware...
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Man and Woman on Sidewalk

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Description: View from sidewalk of a horse-drawn buggy parked along the side of Main Street, looking southeast at First Street. An immigrant couple, possibly Norwegian,...
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Woman on First Street

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Description: Woman posing standing on the west side of South First Street in front of the photographic studio of Charles J. Van Schaick. There is a sign on the building...
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Group Posing in front of Storefront on Main Street

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Description: View from street towards a group of people poing in front of the storefront of the Jones and Marsh Dry Goods. John Marsh, the proprietor, is sitting on the...

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